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Bech Is Back

by John Updike

Series: Bech (book 2)

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Series (with order)

Bech (book 2)

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Bech is Back

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1982-10-22 [1982]

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Henry Bech

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New York Times Best Books of the Year (1982)

New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1982)

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BECQUE (Henry) . . . Après des débuts poétiques assez obscurs . . . à travers des inexpériences et des brutalités voulues, un talent original et vigoureux. Toutefois, l'auteur ne reparut que beaucoup plus tard avec [oeuvres nombreuses], où la critique signala [N.B. 'signals' in the first and second printings of the first edition] les mêmes défauts et la même puissance. . . . M. Becque a été décoré de la Légion d'honneur en 1887. --LA GRANDE ENCYCLOPÉDIE.

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Though Henry Bech, the author, in his middle years had all but ceased to write, his books continued, as if ironically, to live, to cast shuddering shadows toward the center of his life, where that thing called his reputation cowered. ("Three Illuminations in the Life of an American Author")

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0449202771, Mass Market Paperback)

The renowned Henry Bech is now fifty years old. In this wonderful classic novel, Bech reflects on his fame, travels the world, marries an Episcopalian divorcée from Westchester, and--surprise to all--writes a book that becomes a runaway bestseller. If you've never read Updike before, there's no better place to start. If you've read him for years, you'll be delightfully reminded of John Updike's rightful place in the pantheon of quintessential American writers.

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